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without any apparent cause, assumed a more lively ap pearance, And for Some days gradually advanced. At the beginning of the present week they sprang up more rapidly, and'on Tuesday had reached 79i ; when; of a sudden,,the disposition to ptirchase ceased, some Brokers of eminence sold large sums of Money Stock, ' and all became' eager to follow their example The effect, of course; was immediately evinced by a decline to 79, and the same disposition to sell continuing yes terday, a Thrther decline to 78i was the consequence. These fluctuations in the Money Market are not indications of a more or less prosperous state of things in the country in general. They depend entirely on epinion, and that opinion, influenced by a thousand circumstances unconnected with political affairs, the state of the country, or reasonable.calculation. A sus pension o f a d e p ress i ng cause, a temporary p l enty of Money, or reports of any favourable change m the state of trade, are seized, as affording sufficient reasons to buy stock. Spect a t ors commence, all other dealers- in the com;noclity follow their example—those of the Public, who are about to invest Money, and those who dabbl e in the Funds, take the alarm, fancy they shall he shut out-and, following the leaders like a flock of sheep, buy•over each others heads like bidders at an auction. The Funds of course rapidly advance, and,. in the Meantime, the large speculators who com mence d the rise do the public the favour to indulge them by selling to them the stock they purchased at lower_ prices ; and, by the time the public •are served, the `speculators have not Only sold -all they bought or previously postAssed, but perhaps twice or three times as much. They then begin to inquire the cause. of the rise—rumours are set on foot—a gloom comes over the market, persons having stock really to sell hasten to get rid a it—an alarm of an approaching fall gains ground, and then ensues -a panic and a de sire to sell greater than that which had before existed to purchase, and a further depression of stock follows. The public, as usual, suffer—and the great speculators on the spot pocket the differences. This is a true picture of • most of the sudden fluc tuations which take place in the price of the Funds. To this effect, so injurious to the community, we are sorry to say, that the public press ,very materially con tributes. Almost every Paper in London seems one day to endeavour to write up the Funds, and the next (lay to depress them ; and the influence which the daily Journals have on public opinion, is in no case so much evinced as with respect to the price of stockS. We must not therefore, we repeat, look on these sudden changeS in the value of Government Securities as any indication of the state of the country. The general price of the Funds is,.of course, like the pulse in the human body, a very decisive proof of its condi tion ; but as the pulse may be suddenly raised or de- Pressed by circumstances not connected with the health of th e party, so the Funds may fluctuate two.or three per cent. up or down, without being occasioned by; or Indicative of, the real state of the country. It will be seen by our report of Mr. Justice PARK'S address to the . Grand Jury at Lancaster, that the trial of Mr. WAKEFIELD iS not likely to come on till next Week. , From the expressions used by the Judge in his cflarge: it would appear, that it was questionable whether Mr. WAKEFIELD would be indicted capi tally for the offence of which he is accused, Under'the Statute of Henry VII. ; or whether he would be in dicted upon the less - penal Act of PHILIP and MARY; or for the misdemeanour at Common Law. A" Act of the 39th Q ueen E LIZABETH , h a d away the benefit of Clergy from persons convict ed on the • Act of HENRY Vii. ; hut that Act of ELIZABETH was repealed by an Act of his present MAJEsTY's reign, and consequently the Statute Law Upon the species of abduction contemplated in the Act 01 HENRY VII, has bgen restored to the state in which it stood between the reigns of that King and of Queen. ELIZABETH. The offence, therefore, with which Hr. WAKEFIELD is accused, is, under the Inciet penal Statute, a Clergyable felony. We shall, in the present stage of the business, abstain from making any observations whatever, lest they should be con strued as tending either to the prejudice of the accused, or of the cause of justice. It appears that the expediency of establishing a Joint Stock Banking Company, has for some time bee n a matter of general conversation amongst the Ma nufacturers of Manchester: at last it became the sub ject o f ser i ous consideration with the wealthiest, indi viduals, who resolved upon tI4 utility of such a messure. A plan for th e f ormat i on of a Jo i nt S toc k B an k, h as i n consequence been drawn up and circulated. The out line of th e pl an i s , that the capital stock shall consist of 500,000/, divided into 5,000 shares; no individual to subscribe more than 100, nor less than 5, shares ; that 10 per cent. be paid within a month from the tim e of subscription, and 15 per cent. when the deed of settlement is ready to be signed. The Company to be considered as formed when the subscriptions shall amount to 1,000 shares, and then a meeting of the Subscribers is to be convened to elect a Treasurer, and Committee of Management. When 2,000 shares are taken, the Company to commence business under the management of a President, Vice-President, and twelve Directors. We are rejoiced to learn that an experiment, will thus be fairly tried of the advant ages res u lti ng f r om a Joint S toc k Banking Company in England. We have invariably expressed ourselves friendly to the introduc tion of the Scotch System of Banking into this p e attempt at M anc h es t er as t h e first step towards it . W e have no manner of doubt; of t h e b enef i cial consequences which will re sult to Manchester and the surrounding districts from the establishment of a Bank on these principles ; and we would advise the trial of a similar experiment at Birmingham, and some other of the large manufac turing towns. The day is not distant, we predict, when Banks on the :Mint Stock principle will be ge neral in different parts o f t h e country ; and we hope that th e exclusive privileges of the Bank of England wi a ll not long prevent their establishment, even in the Capital o th e Empire. 0 'ar Paper of this (Illy contains a complete report of th e Trial respecting the Idiot SNi ITU, at Gloucester, which'Occupied the Court three days . It was an ac ti°n for Libel, brought by the B rot h er of the Idiot argaintit the Proprietors of the Birmingham Journal, 'Or publisk!__ lung t he reports in circulation, touching the erueltY*and inhumanity with which the forlorn Idiot Thad been dealt. We advert to the subject merely to cyress our surprise at the unceremonious attack of air. Justice BURROUGH upon the liberty of the Press. The I Le arn e d Judge seems to have taken a leaf out of MA:xspiELD'S book, and to have improved upon 114 boveious original with a vengeance. God help Poor Journalists if the casual errors of the press, snbject to every disadvantage, are to be weighed in the scrupulous scales of legal technicality ! Why, truth would not recognize her own face in the mirror of such justice. A witness in a court of law is sworn to tell " the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," and yet when a defendant is brought up for telling the truth, 'he is not allowed to avow it ! If. he attempts to justify the truth of what he has asserted, he is met at once with the charge, that a justification only aggravates his guilt ! We confess ourselves at a loss to reconcile such doctrines to com mon sense. Cases may certainly occur, where it would be improper to state the whole truth, but is a party who publishes what is in every person's mouth, to be told that his guilt is "greatly aggravated " by attempt ing to prove the truth of the matter, if he fails in sub stantiating the whole in his. justification, agreeably to the punctilious strictness of special pleading—another term for legal absurdity ? A defendant might prove 99 pleas in his justification, and yet be unable to make out the hundredth;. merely because the practice of the Court would not allow him to do so according to the rules of evidence. The Press is assailed on every side by pettifoggers longing for damages and costs, and by others who cry but against the licentiousness•of publication, merely because their deeds are dark, and will not bear the wholesome light of public observation, and consequent disgrace. We are as much surprised at the result of this trial, as at the reasoning of the Learn ed Judge, and we have no doubt the public feeling will go along with us in that opinion. THE FUNDS. CITY, Twelvit o' Clock. Consols opened at 78} 4, but in consequence of a variety of re ports, among others that of ball news from India, which have, however, proved unfounded, Consols went down to 784 4; they are now somewhat revived, and may be quoted 784 4 ; the market is, however, heavy, and some considerable sales have taken place. Very little business doing in the• Foreign Funds : Mexican' Bonds are depressed, being 50 504 ; Colombian 324 3—in Shares there is nothing doing. Brazilian Mining Shares are 15 16 prem. Three per Cent. Consols, 784 4; Ditto for Account, 784 4; India 4 per Cent. Bonds, 28 30 pm. ; Eichequer Bills, 17 18 ; pm. ; 4 per Cent. Scrip, 14 . 2 pm. FoltriGN FUNDS.—Brazilian, 62 3; Buenos Ayres, 53 5; Chilian, 39 40; Colombian, 1824, 35 ,} 4 ; Mexican 5 per Cont., 43 5 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 50i I• Greek, 12t 131 ; Russian, 83i 4; Portug uese , 73 ; Spanish, 101 ; Danish, 57i. thrizs.---Ariglo Mexican, 47] dis. ; United Mexican, 10i dis. ; Brazilian, 16 17 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 40 pm. ; Colom .bian, 1 3 per Share ; Caatellos, dis. ; Pasco Peruvian, 10 9 dis. ; Bolivar, 1 3 pm. ; General Mining Association, dis. pm. ; Potosi, 1 2 per Share. SHARlS.—Alliance, Fire and Life, 101. pd., 6A. 7' per Share; Ditto Marine, Si. pd., si 4 per Share; British Iron Company, 29 7 dis. ; Welch Iron and Coal, 19 17 dis. _ _ _ Two o'clock. Considerable business has been doing in the English funds, par ticularly in Consols, an eminent Broker having purchased 150,0001. at 781, and 100,000/. at 78%; they have subsequently risen, and are now 78**, with the Mallet more cheerful than in the morn ing; 3{ per Cent. Reduced, 79 ; Four per Cents. 94 ; New 4 per Cents. 9q; Exchequer Bills are rather lower, 15 to 16 pm.; India Bonds, 28 to 30 die. ; Mexican Bonds, 49i t. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. 3 per Cent. Consols, 781 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY. -(r HIS DAY.) MAWMAN AND ANOTHER. V. TEOG. Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, in the case of the Encyclo pedia Metropolitana, the Court had given the publishers of the London Encycloposdia.the opportunity of making an af f idavit, but unfortunately it had not limited any time within which the affidavit was to be made ; the consequence was, that there was no appearance of the af f idavit yet. Mr. HORNE appeared on the other side. His clients were mak ing an affidavit ; they were very good authors, but undoubtedly making an affidavit was a new species of .composition to them, and therefore they required some time to accemplish their task. . Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERA L said, all the parties were in town, they all lived in Paternoster-row, and thelefore he hoped his Lordship would limit the time to Monday, as after it was made, further in formation might have to be given by the plaintiffs. Mr. HORNE wished his clients had been in Court. His LORDSHIP desired to knoW what progress they had made. Mr. StiarowaLL presumed they were compiling in it, but could not say how far they had got. His Loansttie desired the affidavit to be produced within a reasonable time. Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL should insist on its being produced on Monday. COVENT-GARDEN. CONST V. HARRIS. Hu Loansnir stated, that an application was made to the Court for a Receiver and Manager to this Theatre, and it even tually ordered that the nightly expencee should be paid, but gave no sanction to the payment of any debt incurred previous to the appointment of the ReceiVer. His Lordship thought that the Theatre was to be looked at exactly as a common case of partner ship, to be carried on by the Court until it was wound up. The case was ordered to stand over till Monday. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S tOURT.—AucusT '7. EX PARTE HAINES IN THE MATTER OP DONEIN. This was a petition praying fo r the interference of the Court under the following circumstances :---The petitioner was the father of a boy, .who bad been an apprentice of the respon dent at the time of his bankruptcy.. fly the 49th section of the new Bankrupt Act, the issuing of a commission operates as a discharge of indentures of apprenticeship, and the Com missioners are empowered to pay a reasonable sum of money out of the effects of the banki-upt, to such apprentices as have paid fees. It appeared, that in this case no indentures had been exe cuted, nor money paid, hut it had been agreed between the par ties, that the bankrupt should retain 1501. out of a larger sum which he owed to the petitioners as , a fee, and that the indentures should be completed withoutdelay ; but the latter was prevented by the bankruptcy, as the Act requires that there should be an in denture. The Commissioners objected to the claim of the petition as not coming within its provisions. The VICI-CHANCELLOR said, that the apprenticeship had virtually commenced, and that it shetuld be considered an appren. ticeship by indenture, within the equitable construction of the I9th section of the Bankrupt Act ; and ordered that the Commissioners do allow the petitioner a reasonable sum of money, as the Act directs. STATE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN. The city was yesterday kept in a state of considerable agitation, from the great assemblages of unemployed people, and from the disposition manifested to riot and pillage. At an early hour in the morning, several bakers carrying out bread in the liberty were attacked, and the bread taken from them ; the provision-shops, being closed, escaped pillage. The appearance of a strong party of police had the effect of dispersing the mob ; but throughout the day the bakers in that neighbourhood could not venture to send out their bread without an escort of police. About twelve o'clock the deptit of the Rifle brigade, which was marching into town from Naas, was followed by a mob of two or three hfindred persons, chiefly boys, until they reached the bar racks in Gaorgels-street ; they went into Exchequer-street, where a quantity of bread and some money was thrown to them from some of the bakers' shops. They then went through Grafton street, and into King street, where a party of police from College street came up with and dispersed them. While these scenes were passing, a number of personS were col lected about the Royal E xc h ange . Ab out one o ' c l oc k, the Ron. Colonel Gore c ame out from the Relief Committee, told read to them the resolutions that had been passed ; upon which. a general murmur o 1 disapp ro b at i on ran through the crowd, a n d a man called out I'll not a gree to i t, b y J , I'll have bread or blood." He was immedi a t e l y ta k en i nto custody, and brought to the head- Office ; his name is Edward Walsh, a labourer • he hes been. re manded for a further examination. Between six and seven o'clock, there was some rioting inLower Stephen -street ; two of th e horse-patrol, and some of the into,. bitants interfered, when the police were assailed with stones, and. o t ne of them received a sev ere bl ow . Th ey succeede d in taking into custody, one of whom was afterwards rescued from the other tWo were lodged in College -street olliee.---Free man's Jeurital. POSTPONEMENT of Mr. WAKEFIELD's TRIAL. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT p) NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LANCASTER, Auo. 9. This morning their Lordships proceeded to Saint Mary's Church, where a Sermon was preached by the Sheriff's Chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Penny. After Divine service, the Hon. Mr. Justice PARK pro . ceeded to the Crown Court, where the preliminary business having been g one th roug h, an d Hi s Majesty's Proclamation against vice and immorality read, the Grand Jury's names were called over, when the follow ing Gentlemen answered to their names:— Hon. E. S. STANLEY, ALP., commonly called Lord STANLEY, Foreman. John Bolton, Esq. John P. Mocha, Egq• R. F. Bradshaw, Esq. Alexander Nowell, E 5. Wm. Gale, Esq. - Myles Sandra, Esq. Charles Gibson, Esq. Legendre Nicholas Starkie, Esq. Thomas Greene, Esq. ALP. P. E. Townley, EN. John Hargreaves, Esq. George Wilde, EN. William Hulton, Esq. lE. Bootie Wilbraham, Esq. Hugh Hornby, Esq. George Wilson, Esq. Thomas Leigh, Esq. Robert 'Whalley, Esq. William Leigh, Esq. I Robert Townley Parker, Esq. The above were severally asked to Dine with their Lordships. After which, his Lordship charged the Grand Jury to the following effect:— " Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, it has been to me a source of congratulation during the circuit I have tra veiled hitherto, that the calendars have been extremely light, and I can only express my sorrow with my Learned Walter, that as regards Lanc aster, 1 mast reverse the picture. It is indeed dreadfully distressing to my feelings to see so heavy a list of prisoners that the calendar now before me presents, and some of these I regret to tee marked by the highest species of crime. " Gentlemen of the Grand Jurv, among these are no less than sixty-six persons charged with rioting in the County of Lancaster. That these deluded persons may have been driven to the committing of these offences by the distress of the county I am willing to suppose may have been the case. I trust, and lam sure, that the Grand Jury whom I have the honour to address, possess those liberal and enlightened feelings that are to be found in our nature, still those feelings must not be carried to excess, for it must be understood that persons in their unfortunate situation, whatever may be their poverty, are not to take the remedy in their own hands. God knows, the distress of the times is bad enough, but still this is no excuse for the committal of crimes like these, and these deluded persons must b e taug h t that they cannot destroy public property without drawing down upon themselves afterwards the severest penalty of the law, which will ultimately be their fate if conviction follow the crime. The Act which the priioners is indicted under is the statute of the 52d of his late Majesty, which extended the powers of the Act commonly called the Black Act, to the destroying of mills, engines, and other machinery used in manufactures, and made th e crime fe lony, without benefit of clergy. I have read several of the depositions last night, and I think about thirty of them appear to me to be of a capital nature ; but if you have any doubt uon the point, you will di sm i ss t h e ca pital part of the c harge, and find for the misdemeanour only. There is an excellent maxim, laid down by a learned and humane writer, which is, "temper justice with mercy ;" but then mercy must not triumph over justice. I believe—indeed I well know--that his Majesty is always ready to listen to the recommendation of mercy, and :t is through _him alone they can hope to escape, if found guilty, the punishment of death. There are other cases in the calendar of a very aggra vated, description—l mean those indicted for highway robberies—many of which are of an 'lttrocious nature ;_ and I never knew since I had the honour to be one of his Majesty's Judges, so many tyLought together, attended with tech degrees of crueltr: thifhliig can - - tend more to disturb the public tranquillity than acts like these; and it will he necessary, I fear, to make a serious example for the public safety. His Lordship then proceeded to make some special observations on several cases of manslaughter, and particularly on the prisoners committed for murder, which his Lordship said he should not try until the latter end of the next week. " Vith regard to one case in the calendar, I mean that of Wakefield, for haying withdrawn Miss Ellen Turner from her friends at Liverpool, they having the . care of her person and education, and forcibly taking her away against her will and consent, and which had excited a considerable share of public attention, I am not prepared, at the mo ment to, say whether the crime the prisoner is charged with amounts to felony or not. In early times, by the common law of Englund the taking away of a maid or female from her parents or guardians, for the purpose of marriage,although the party so taken away consents to such marriage, was deemed a conspiracy, which was punishable at common - I have looked through the various depositions, and think that this should be the nature of the indictment. The punishment, however, attached to such a conspiracy was not anciently thought sufficient for the, crime. There was an Act passed in the reign of Henry the Seventh, which made it a capital felony to deprive a female of her chastity under ouch circumstances, which the 39th of Elizabeth in fact repealed, still making the offence of a capital nature ; but in his present Ma jesty's reign the 89th of Elizabeth was repealed, and the law now stood as before on the Act of Henry the Seventh. To bring the prisoner under this latter Act, it would be necessary, in the first place,to show there had been force used,' and subsequently a continuing of that force; there . had been eases of the taking out of one coun ,ty into another ; now force must be used in the same county where the marriage takes place, before conviction can follow. There is an „Act, passed in the reign of Philip and Mary, but - which Act does not contemplate - force, but the taking away without the consent of the parents, or prochain amie, not looking to the consent of the young lady. (Here his Lordship recited that part of the Act of the stealing a child under the age of sixteen years, &c. but which Act did not set out how the crime was to be punished. It ran thus " 4 and 5, Philip and Mary, cap. vii. " An Act for the punishment of such as shall take away maydens that be in heritors, being within the age of sixteen years, and that marry . them, without einsent of their parents." When maydens and women, children of noblemen, gentlemen, and - others, as well such as be heirs apparent to their ancestors, as others, having left unto them by their father, or other ancestor and friends, lands, tene ments, and hereditaments, or other great substances, in goods and 'chattels moveable, for and to the intent to advance them in mar.. riage, somewhat like according to their degrees, and as might be most for their surety and comfort, as well for themselves as of all other their friends and kinfolks, be oftentimes unaware to their said friends and kinsfolke, by flattery, trilling g ift s , and fair pro mises, of many unthrifty and light personages, and thereto, by the intreaty of persons of lewd demeanour, and others, that for re ward, buy and sell the said maydens and children secretly allured, and now to contract matrimony with the said unthrifty and light personages, and thereupon with sleight-or force oftentimes be taken and conveyed away front their said parents, friends, or kins folks,lo the high displeasure of Almighty God, disparagement of the said children, and the extreme continual heaviness of all their friends, which ungodly (leafing, for lack of wholesome laws to the redress thereof, remaineth a great familiar and common mischief in this our Commonwealth. " 11. For remedy whereof: b e it enacted, tic. that it s h a ll not be lawful to any person or persons to take or carry away, or cr cause to be taken or carried away, any maid or woman child, unmarried, being under the age of 16 Years" nut of or from the possession, custody, or government, against the will of the father of tiva, maid or woman child, or of such person or p ermoe to g whom the father of such maid or woman child, by his l ast w ill and testament" or by any other act in hi s lif et ime hath or s h a ll a ppoint, assign, bequeath, give or rant the order, k eep i ng, edit cation or government of such maid 'or woman child, except such t a king and conveying away as shall he had or done by or for such p er son or perSOOS Its without fraud or coyin be, or then shall b e , the, roaster or mistress of such maid or woman child, or th e gw,,,,, dip . in socage, or guardian in chivalry of or to such maid or child. it ill. And if any person or persons above the age of 14 years (which, hit Lordship observed, the inn , would find to be the ate of consent), shall unlaWfully take, or convey, or cause to be taken or conveyed, any maid, or woman child unmarried, being . within the age of 16 years; out of or from the possession, and, against the will of the father or • mother of -such child, or of such person or persons as shall happen to have, byany lawful ways or means, the order, keeping, education, or government,-of such maiden or wo man-child, every person so offending, being thereof latirfidly at tainted or convicted, shall have - and suffer imprisonment of his or their bodies by the space of two whole years, without bail or mainpriae," or else shall pay such fine for his or their said offence as shall be assessed by the Queen's Highness in the Star Chamber at Westminster." It is, said his Lordship, clearly an indictable offence under the common law—the punishment for the misdemeanour is two years' imprisonment, or fine at the discretion of the Judges. Formerly this was assessed by the Star Chamber, and this would probably be the extent of the punishment, if the Jury threw out the bill for the capital part, and found for the misdemeanour only. There is also another clause in the Act, which visits the offence with five years' punishment. "Now, Gentlemen," concluded his Lordship, " I have stated to you all I can collect of the laws on this import. ant subject. Very respectable persons are engaged for the prosecution, and I am quite sure that every attention will be paid to the framing of the bill that its nature and im portance deserve. If you shall, however, find a bill for the capital felony, in its regular course, the trial will go on; but if for the misdemeanor, it will stand over with the other offences; but I solemnly declare, that I never had the least idea of taking it on Thursday, as has been stated; No application has been made to me pro or eon upon the subject; and no one else but I, sitting in this place, had a right to make any arrangement respecting it." The Grand Jury then withdrew to consider the various bills presented. The Attorney for the prosecution against Mr. Wakefield, we understand, to-morrow goes to Preston to meet Sir John Singleton Copley, to make an arrangement respect ing the trial. The celebrated Gretna Green blacksmith, and the post boy who witnessed the marriage, arc subpoenaed on the trial. Mr. Scarlett who was specially retained on the part of the defendant, travelled from Appleby to Gloucester. In ten minutes after he got there the cause wai called on, when the Attorney for the plaintiff thought proper to with draw the record. _ _ . The Learned Gentleman arrived here last night, much fatigued, not having been in bed, we understand, for four nights. In the course of the day his Lordship took occasion to remark that by Mr. Peel's excellent Act, depositions taken before . the Coroner were ordered to be, sent to the Judge's lodgings, which had certainly been done ; but he was sorry to say that although he had sat 'up half the night to read them, they were so badly written, he really could not—he threw this out that it was never too late to mend. _ His Lordship further said that all Coroners ought to attend in person. John Bradshaw, 24 , , pleaded not guilty to an indict ment, charging• him with having stolen, in the house of Edward Jackson, at Eccles, eleven pair of shoes, and one piece of cheek, his property. - Mr. Peel stated the nature of the indictment to the Jury, and called Edward Jackson, who stated he is a shoemaker,•and lives in Eccles ; and that en the night of the 23d of January last, he was alarmed by a cat •making a noise in the shop. Witness got up to - let the cat out, and was induced to examine the shop, when he found a quantity of shoes missing. The Constable of Eccles apprehended the prisoner in a waggon, and found the property described in the indict ment in his possession. The property was here produced which was identified by the prosecutor.—Guilty of Larceny only, and to be imprisoned 9 months in Lancaster Castle, and kept to hard labour. Peter Walton, 26, John Ketland, 20, and James Barn ' ford, 21, severally pleaded not guilty to an indictment, charging them with . having robbed George Lewis on the highway, at Manchester, of a watch, his property. Mr. Whitman stated the nature of the indictment to the Jury, and called George Lewis, who stated that he was returning to his home, in Oldham-road, at about half past 'ten o'clock on the evening of the :?sth of May last, and, when within 150 yards of his house, was accosted by the prisoner Walton, who said, are you going home, Sir, and seized his (witness) arm. While he endeaioured to extricate himself, some person seized his other arm be hind, and another person came and struck him over the mouth, arid then left him. When they were gone, he found that his trowseis had been cut, and his fob and ' watch was gone. Witness having other property about him, did not think it pindent to pursue them, but went and gave information to the police at Manchester. Robert Blacow prOved having bought the watch for 15 shillings, which he got for that purpose from Mr. La , vender. Mr. Lavender stated having given the money to last witness; it had been previously marked. Wm. Kilbie apprehended the prisoners, and found some of the silver in the possession of the prisoner Walton. The watch was produced, and identified by the prose cutor, as was also the marked silver by Mr. Lavender., John Ketland called Elizabeth Harrison to prove an alibi, but failed in the attempt-. James Bamford called his brother, Charles Bamford, who proved an alibi. John Bamford acquitted; Peter Walton and John Ket land guilty—Death recorded. By command of the High Sheriff, JAMES PENNY Alaciszta., Esq., will be performed this night, Sheridan's Comedy of the Rivals, with the Farce of Raising the Wind. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—(Tms DAT.) Two smartly dressed young men named Collier and Jones, were charged with having had house-breaking or burglarious plements in their possession, with intent to commit felony. They were sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. turroNGARDEN.--(Tins DA Y. ) An ill-looking, sooty-faced, nondescript, named James Prudom, somewhat between a sweep and a costermonger, was brought up for re-examination, on a charge of atcaling a silver watch. A Constable of Clerkenwell said, that - from the description be had had of the person who went away with the watch, he knew him to be a regular companion of the prisoner's, who now denied any knowledge of him. Mr. Sergeant Stuow—Can he be found? Constable . --I think, your Worship, I could bring him. it a day or two. Mr. Sergeant SeLLON—Then Mt him be remanded till Tuft day next. ARLBOROTIGH-STREET.--(Tiles DAY.) Mary Wheatley was charged by a collar-niaker, named Jemmy Johnson, with having assaulted him with a pewter-pint pot. Sir G. FARRANT recommended them to settle it, and they retired for that purpose,- _DanielCrow, a revenue officer, was charged by a watchman with being in a cosy situation on the step of a door, late last night with a lady, who appeared at least 80 years old, but modestly owned to forty. The prisoner did not recollect the offence, but said, he had a perfect knowledge of the watchman having taken some money f rom hi m . This the watchman denied, and Sir Geoncx advised him to be more prudent in his future examinations, and dis charged hint on paying one shilling. FURTHER. PARTICULARS OF THE ACCIDENT AT Livaiteom.—lt appears that three children have been taken out of the ruins of the house adjoining, the roof of which was carried 'in by the walls of the warehouse. A man, his wife, and a child, have been also dug out of the ruins ; the wife and child had brought the husbands dinner, and they were dining together when they e re hurried into eternity at She Millie instant. Two other men have also been taken from among the heap. From- the situation of the mass, no doubt but the upper. tier of vaults are broken in in ,' probably the other tier may be tnjured. The lofts will be very heavy , and where it will fall is at present unknown. FASHIONAnt INTELLIGENCE. Sir Herbert Taylor transixted military business yes. terclay with the Duke of York, at Mr. Greenwood's Villa, at Brompton. The Royal Duke rode out in ids cabriolet about one o'clock, and proceeded to St. J ames `g-park to inspect the progress of the building for his new residence. Despatches were received yesterday at the Foreign Office, from Lord Granville, our Ambassador at Pans. Viscount Melville left Town on Wednesday i'or. icotland. All Reasoners on Political Science agree that the least objectional Taxes are those that bear more upon luxuries than necessaries, and which are in the nature rather of voluntary than compulsory taxation. Our Excise Duties, although very productive, have more to do with articles of. luxury than of necessity ; and, however, some persons, who reason but superficially on subjects, may murmur against Ministers for this or that duty, it is wisdom in Government to repeal taxes of compulsion before they meddle with those of a voluntary nature ; and this brings us to question the policy of Ministers in abolishing Lotteries, which we are informed, have afforded to the Revenue up wards of Four Hundred Thousand Pounds a year, and that quite voluntary on the part of the Public. In the 'present state of the country, su r ely some equi valent, but compulsory Tax must be substituted for what will be lost to the Revenue on the 18th OCTO BER, when it is peremptorily ordered that all Lotteries must - end for ever. No less than three " fair ones in this city have fled from the arms of their " loving husbands " within the last few days, and have not since been heard a---Ches ter Courant. LAUNCH OF THE MARCHIONESS WELLESLEY, A STrast-PACKET..Yesterday, being the day appointed for launching the first Steam-vessel ever built in Ireland, a large concourse of rank, beauty, and fashion, thronged the temporary platforms tastefully erected to accommodate the beholders. Ti e vessel has been built by our fellow-citizen, Mr. Morton, and the engines made by Mr. Clarke, at the Ringsend Foundry.—Dublin Patriot. _ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, AuG. 10. Many of the moat respectable supporters of the Turf were pre sent in the course of the afternoon, and some brisk betting, go verned by the accounts from York, took place; Buxton, in con sequence of the confirmation of the death of Sir Win. Gerard, being no longer in the field. By the following statement it will be seen that Pirate is worse rather than better for having won at York, owing, it is said, to his having won the race clumsily. Fanny also went back, a gen • tleman of some celebrity having offered to back Crusader against her. ST. LEGER. to 1 apt Belzoni (taken) SI to I agst Bedlamite 13 to 1 agst Fanny 13 to I agst Crusader 20 to 1 agst Pirate (offered) 25 to 1 agst The Dragon 30 to 1 agst The General 40 to 1 apt Barerbot 40 to 1 apt any other. YORK AUGUST MEETiNG. wanNv:stiar, •t u. S. The Two-yr-old Stakes of 20 soya. each, T. Y.C. Mr. T. 0. Powlett's b. c. Popsy - I. Mr. Crompton's b. c. by Cervantes - 2 Duke of Leeds' b. c. by Blacklock - S Eight started but were not placed, and four paid. ,Won by halt a head.-6 to 4 agat Popsy—.s to I agst Mr. Cromp ton's.—lo to I apt the Duke of Leeds' colt. Fifty Pounds given by the City of York, added to one-third of a Subscription of 25 soya. each, four-yr-olds. Two miles. Lord Kelburne's ch. c. Actaeon - - I Lord Darlington's Memnon - - 2 Seven paid.--7 to 1 on Memnon. The Peregrine Stakes of 50 sovs. each, for threi-yr-olds. Last mile and three quarters. Lord Fitzwilliam's Mulatto .. walked over. HEREFORD RACES.—TuzsDaY, Auc. S. The 'Wye Stakes of t", , 5 toys. each, lb ft.. Two miles. Mr. Griffith's b. c. by Sir Harry - M r . R. Water's b. c. Sportsman The Hereford StArs of 40 sore. each, with 60 added. Two- mile beats. Mr. C. Day's b. in. Spree Major Ormsby Gore's b. c. The Moor 1 2 2 The Hunters' Stakes of 7 cove. each, with 22 added. Two-itile heats. Mr. Payne's b. g. Gouoon Nlr. C. Day's Peewet Mr. Rristow's b. f. Blossom 1 1 2 2 3 3 SWIMMING MATCH. A match for five sov. and a rump and dozen took place yes terday, from a boat moored off Wandsworth through Weitmin ster.bridge. The candidates were, Mr. Cranstone, of Bath terrace, Milbank ; and Mr. B. Stapleton, of Wimbledon. At starting, Mr. Cranstone took the lead, and kept it at considerable speed, when Mr. Stapleton passed and won the match, leav ing his contemporary opposite Arundel-stairs. The distance is computed at more than four miles, and it was performed within two hours. THE MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE.—{Tuts DAY). The supply up to this day's market is fair. Wheat of fine quality sells at Monday's terms. Barley, Beans, and Pease, are without alteration. Oats are Is. dearer than —1 Monday. . ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. Flour. 4,30 t) qrs. --- qrs. 2,200 qrs. 5,600 seks. lOU 4,200 •-•.— English 'rids Foreign •••••••.• 3,450 SMITHFIELD MARKET.—(Tuts Day.) This day's supply of each kind of stock was sufficiently nu merous, but that of Beasts the worst, as to quality, recollected to have been seen in the market. Mutton, Lamb, and Veal, expe rienced a rather brisk sale, the two former at 2d., the latter 4d., per stone beyond Monday's quotations ; in the prices of Beef, such as it was, and Pork, no alteration. TAKES PER STONE OF BLES. TO SINK THit orrAis. a. d. to s. d. • s. d. tor. d. Inferior Beasts...... ...... 2 6 210 Large Lambs 4 4 410 Second quality ditto.... 3 0 3 2 Prime small ditto. 5 S S 6 Prime large Oxen., 4 0 4 4 Large coarse Calves.... 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots. ... 4 4 4 0 Calves under 16st. each 5 4 5 II Inferior Sheep 2lO 3 2 Large Hogs 3 2 3 6 Second quality ditto.... 3 4 3 8 Small Porkers 4 4 4 it Coarse.woolled ditto ...'3 10 4 2 Suckling calves... 19s: to 40a. eat:h. South Down Wethers . 4 2 4 4 Quarter old Pigs ..101. to Its. each. There were no good Mitch Cows exhibited. A good short horned, wit h her week old Calf, produced at Iglington yesterday Alin). 211. to 231. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERIC'S STATEAIENT. Sheep and Lambs. I Calves. I P i p. 11,280 gg3 Beasts 477 NEiVGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. 5. d. tog, . s, d. to s. d. Beef .. Mutton 2lO 4 0 Pork 3 8 5 4 _._ _______ Lamb - 4 6. Od. to ss. Od. ___ RUMFORD MARKET, Am D. s. it. tor. d. & cubs, d. Beef ... 'l 4 4 4 Lamb ....... ..... .. ... 4 4 . b 4 Mutton Buckling Calves from 3 141 4 . to 4 385 2 . ; An average supply, and, in rnosCinstanies, a briskish trod '. ....._, ....... ...............,___------ V Q e tta ai rte; old Fig , 4" lo:tsa . 1 4 _ , So!rach 5 . 6 IVEDNEIMAY, 4uSG°.U 9 LHA A L t i t . bi ri s t d 4 a ß ys K m E a T r . ket, which was well supplied with Bents, Sheep, Calves, l and (for this time of year) Porkers, but was short of small prime Lambs, Beef, Mutton, Veal, and Pork, experienced a dull, Lamb a ino4erately bra- , sale, at the following prices, per stone of Blbs., to sink the of fida :—Beef, from 3s. 44. to 4s. 64. ; Mutton, Ss. 24. to 4s. 2il. Lamb, 4s. 44. to 51,. 44. ; Veal, 4s. 2d. to bc ed. ; and Purl" 3s, 104. to 4s. 10a. The above quo t a tions are, Lamb 441,, and Veal 24., per stone beyond those of this day Beef, Mutton, ant! Pork, were stationary. C'°"iderabk rn many be, ve or Pigs-, uu- Cals hers of Sheep and Beasts, but not ma left the market unsold. g ennight, at which TIAILSHAM MARKET. Wentrisnsx) AUG. 9.—Beef, front l Od. to 4s. 4d. ; Mut ton, 4s. Od to 4s. Bd. ; Lamb, as. Otl. to bs. 4d. and Veal, U. thl. to bs. Od. per utone. Tlie supply of Beasts and et" was numerous, hut nut 'very sto ny to t l oality ; that of Sue t 'l t sad Latubs rather limited. rade tvith good liklutton and Lamb briskp but with ether things exceedingly dull.